Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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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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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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