Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSThe hatred of relatives is the most violent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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