What did Tacitus mean by: Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.] - Tacitus Historian · Italy Copy
+ The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Desire, Passion, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Freedom, Wish, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.] Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Law, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Malice, Violence, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Heart, Lust, Passion, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Delay, Gains, Vigor, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Paranoia, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Hate, Hatred, Human, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
