Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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