It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
TACITUSHe that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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