[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
TACITUS[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
TACITUSTruth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
TACITUSThe love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
TACITUSBenefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
TACITUSThe 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.
TACITUSThe powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
TACITUSCrime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
TACITUSBy punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
TACITUSWhatever is unknown is magnified.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSRemedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSRulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
TACITUSThe task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
TACITUSOld things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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