Things forbidden have a secret charm.
TACITUSThe most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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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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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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