Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
- Tacitus
Due, Unless, Leads, Generosity
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
- Tacitus
Good, Always, Old Things, Repute
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
- Tacitus
Truth, Truth Is, Delay, Falsehood
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
- Tacitus
May, Sure, Vigor, Indiscreet
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
- Tacitus
Rome, Flock, Things, Shameless
To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
- Tacitus
Resentment, May, Acknowledge, Reproach
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
- Tacitus
Call, Steal, Plunder, Empire
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
- Tacitus
Initiative, More, Committed, Passive
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.
- Tacitus
History, Thy, Thee, Thou
Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
- Tacitus
Die, Abuse, Slight, Deserved
Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
- Tacitus
Love, Last, Even, Parted
No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
- Tacitus
Never, Been, Doubted, Emperor
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
- Tacitus
Away, May, Fights, Runs
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
- Tacitus
Next, Always, Supreme Power, Suspect
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.
- Tacitus
Truth, Perfect, Apt, Hears
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
- Tacitus
Woman, She, Her, Chastity
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
- Tacitus
Never, Agreement, Victor, Substantial
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
- Tacitus
Nature, Injured, Belongs, Human Nature
It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
- Tacitus
Nature, Hate, Whom, Human Nature
Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
- Tacitus
Things, Greater, Believed, Absent
Custom adapts itself to expediency.
- Tacitus
Itself, Custom, Expediency
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
- Tacitus
Laws, Very, Numerous, Corruption
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
- Tacitus
Business, Leader, Reason, Qualities
It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay.
- Tacitus
Revenge, Always, Found, Easier
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
- Tacitus
Adversity, Happy, Utterly, Struggling
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
- Tacitus
Adversity, Wealth, Against, Struggling
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
- Tacitus
Misfortunes, Than, Remain, Bear
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
- Tacitus
Measure, Pleasure, Remain, Bear
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
- Tacitus
Envy, Bad, Whether, Disparage
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
- Tacitus
Forbidden, Secret, Things, Charm
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
- Tacitus
Character, Most, Which, Ages
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
- Tacitus
Chance, Hands, Fall, Valor
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
- Tacitus
More, Laws, Numerous, Corrupt
When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
- Tacitus
Laws, Most, State, Corrupt
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
- Tacitus
Desire, Against, Stands, Safety
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
- Tacitus
Nature, Desire, Oppression, Resist
A bad peace is even worse than war.
- Tacitus
Peace, Bad, Even, Even Worse
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