That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSThe worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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