Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSPosterity will pay everyone their due.
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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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