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.
TACITUSIt is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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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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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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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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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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