Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
TACITUSHe that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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