War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSIndeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Benefits 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.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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