All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
TACITUSEverything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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