People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
TACITUSKeen at the start, but careless at the end.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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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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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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