Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
TACITUSPower acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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In valor there is hope.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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