Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
TACITUSThe desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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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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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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