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• No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.

  Tacitus

  Hatred, Bitter, Relation

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• None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart.
  [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]

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  Grief, Heart, Grieving

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• Custom adapts itself to expediency.

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  Habit, Expediency, Customs

  Tacitus (2013). “The Annals”, p.253, Courier Corporation

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• Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.

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  Liberty

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• No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.

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  Fashion, Laughing, Vices

  Cornelius Tacitus (1868). “The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus”

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• Keen at the start, but careless at the end.

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  Ends, Careless

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• The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.

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  Flames, Lust, Dominion

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• Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.

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  Men, Fame, Indolence

  "Annales". Book by Tacitus, XVI. 18, AD 117.

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• Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.

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  Proof, Harm, Valour

  Cornelius Tacitus (1868). “The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus”

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• Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

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  Adversity, Judgment

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• So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.

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  Doubt, Obscurity, Facts

  Cornelius Tacitus (1860). “The Works of Tacitus: The Oxford Translation, Revised. With Notes ...”, p.119

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• The 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.

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  Evil, Tasks, Noble

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• Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.

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  Violence, Malice

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• Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.

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  Blood, Guilt, Politics

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• Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.

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  War, Shameful

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• Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader.
  [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]

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  Leader, Quality, Ratios

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• Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Business

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• The worst hatred is that of relatives.

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  Hatred, Worst, Relative

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• There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.

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  Confidence

  Cornelius Tacitus (1873). “The History of Tacitus”, p.90, London : Macmillan

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• He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.

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  Art, Years, Medicine

  "Annals", Book VI, Chapter XLVI, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p.502-04, 1922.

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• Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.

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  Passion, Justice, Lust

  "Annales". Book by Tacitus, XV. 53,

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• That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

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  Safe

  Cornelius Tacitus (1873). “The History of Tacitus”, p.17, London : Macmillan

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• If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.

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  Military, Fall, Fate

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• Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.

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  Disease, Operations, Remedy

  "Complete Works of Tacitus".

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• Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.

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  Winning, Agreement

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