If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSThose in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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