The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
TACITUSPower won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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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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