Whatever is unknown is magnified.
TACITUSIt belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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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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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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