Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TACITUSAll 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.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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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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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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