Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
TACITUSPower won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
More Tacitus Quotes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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