Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
TACITUSThe lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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