Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
TACITUSMen are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
More Tacitus Quotes
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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