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.
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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 the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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