Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
TACITUSOther men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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In valor there is hope.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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