Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
TACITUSWhatever is unknown is magnified.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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