The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSFalsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
More Tacitus Quotes
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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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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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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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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