In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUSThe hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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