An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TACITUSMore faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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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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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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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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