The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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