Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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 desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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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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