It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
TACITUSThe desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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