Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
TACITUSRumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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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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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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