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.
TACITUSGreat empires are not maintained by timidity.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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