It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
TACITUSCrime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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