Tacitus Quotes

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

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A bad peace is even worse than war.

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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

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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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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

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