There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
TACITUSThe love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Fear 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.
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