Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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More Tacitus Quotes
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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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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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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