Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSFlattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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