Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
TACITUSEven the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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