The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
TACITUSIt is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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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 injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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