The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSPeople flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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