Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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