The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSThe desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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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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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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