The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSAll bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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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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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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