No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
Cornelius Tacitus Quotations
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I am my nearest neighbour.
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion.
There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
Rumor is not always wrong.
It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
In times of tumult and discord bad men have the most power. Mental and moral excellence require peace and quiteness.