They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSIt is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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 Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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