No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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