Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
TACITUSFollowing Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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![Tacitus Quote - Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/blue-following-emporer-neros-command-let-the-.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/red-following-emporer-neros-command-let-the-.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/brown-following-emporer-neros-command-let-the-.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-following-emporer-neros-command-let-the-.jpg)

