The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
TACITUSPower acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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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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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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