Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSThe lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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