By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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