Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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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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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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