No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
TACITUSIt is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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