I am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSA bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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The 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.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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