By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
TACITUSMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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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.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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