Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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