Tacitus on fault
Tacitus187 quotes“More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.”
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
TacitusTacitus An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TacitusTacitus It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
TacitusTacitus No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
TacitusTacitus Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TacitusTacitus A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
TacitusTacitus Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
TacitusTacitus Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TacitusTacitus It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TacitusTacitus The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
TacitusTacitus Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TacitusTacitus When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
TacitusTacitus The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
TacitusTacitus Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
TacitusTacitus Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TacitusTacitus We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran It’s beautiful to find beauty in others but when it comes to you, you ending up finding only faults.
Sania AbbasSania Abbas If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!
Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll My only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.
Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali It’s not your fault you were born into a poor family or country.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.
Eldridge CleaverEldridge Cleaver All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, it will not change you.
Wayne DyerWayne Dyer