Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
TACITUSRulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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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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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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