The most seditious is the most cowardly.
TACITUSThe lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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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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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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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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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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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 worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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