Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TACITUSA desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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