Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSKeen at the start, but careless at the end.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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 desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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