Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TACITUSWar will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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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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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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