Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
TACITUSThe lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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