The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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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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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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