Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
TACITUSViewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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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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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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