Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSBottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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