The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSIt is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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