Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
TACITUSKindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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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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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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