The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSThey terrify lest they should fear.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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