Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSThose in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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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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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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