Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUSIn the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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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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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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