The worst hatred is that of relatives.
TACITUSEven honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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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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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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