In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUSThe hatred of relatives is the most violent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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In valor there is hope.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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