Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
TACITUSThere can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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