The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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