So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
TACITUSThe gods are on the side of the stronger.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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