Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
TACITUSThe lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
More Tacitus Quotes
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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