Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
TACITUSThe love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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