Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUSAn eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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