Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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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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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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.
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In valor there is hope.
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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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