No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSCrime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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