An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TACITUS[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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