Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TACITUSDeos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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