Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
TACITUSThe brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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