Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TACITUSCruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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