Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSThe love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
More Tacitus Quotes
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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