I am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSPower acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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