Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSThe desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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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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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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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The 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.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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