Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSThey terrify lest they should fear.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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