Custom adapts itself to expediency.
TACITUSThe worst hatred is that of relatives.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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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 hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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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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