Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSIn seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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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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All 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.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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