Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
TACITUSThe worst hatred is that of relatives.
More Tacitus Quotes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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