By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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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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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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