No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
TACITUSMiseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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