Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
TACITUSThe desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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