Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
TACITUSThe most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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