Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSOne who is allowed to sin, sins less
More Tacitus Quotes
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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In valor there is hope.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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