I am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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