An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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