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.
TACITUSThe most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
More Tacitus Quotes
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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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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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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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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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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