The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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