In valor there is hope.
TACITUSThe most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Rumor is not always wrong
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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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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