The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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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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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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