Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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