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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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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