The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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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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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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