Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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