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Others Quotes by Tacitus
- All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.
- [The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
- Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
- 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…
- So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find…
- The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
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- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen