Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TACITUSEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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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 those who are near to us is most violent.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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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