Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TACITUSEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TACITUSModest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
TACITUSThe wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
TACITUSThe 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.
TACITUSThe hatred of relatives is the most violent.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
TACITUSRulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
TACITUSLegions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
TACITUSThe lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
TACITUSZealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSIn all things there is a law of cycles.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSGreat empires are not maintained by timidity.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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