All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it 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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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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