None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
TACITUSReason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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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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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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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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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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