Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSReason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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