Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
TACITUSThere can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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In valor there is hope.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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