Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
TACITUSThe persecution of genius fosters its influence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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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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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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