It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
More Tacitus Quotes
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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