No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSEverything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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