The worst hatred is that of relatives.
TACITUSDeos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
More Tacitus Quotes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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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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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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