There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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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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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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