Things forbidden have a secret charm.
TACITUSNecessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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In valor there is hope.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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