All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
TACITUSThe love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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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 a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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