The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSThe worst hatred is that of relatives.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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In valor there is hope.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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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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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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