By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
TACITUSIf we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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