So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
TACITUS[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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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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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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