Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
TACITUSLaws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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