By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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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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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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