By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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