Quotes by Tacitus

"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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