When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
TACITUSCruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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