Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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