The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
TACITUSThe task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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 injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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