Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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