Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSReason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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