Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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