The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSThe wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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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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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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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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