Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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