Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSWar will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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