No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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