Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TACITUSReason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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