All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
TACITUSThe hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Falsehood avails itself of 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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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