Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSFlattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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