In valor there is hope.
TACITUSIn valor there is hope.
TACITUSBy general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
TACITUSFlatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
TACITUSThe desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSA man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
TACITUSEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TACITUSIt belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
TACITUSThe love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSTo plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
TACITUSIndeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
TACITUSAn honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
TACITUSPosterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUSSecure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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