If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
TACITUSThe sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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