Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
TACITUSPeople flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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