Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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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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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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