Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
TACITUSNeglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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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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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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