In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
TACITUSNone grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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