Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
TACITUSValor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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