Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
TACITUSGreater things are believed of those who are absent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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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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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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