More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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