The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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