By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
TACITUSThose in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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