Quote by Tiberius

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

Summary

This quote expresses the willingness to endure hatred as long as one's actions are met with respect. It reflects the idea that earning respect through one's behavior is more important than gaining approval or popularity. It suggests that one is willing to face criticism and disapproval if it means staying true to their principles and maintaining their integrity. This quote emphasizes the value of individual virtue and integrity above societal acceptance.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

]Sardisoften turning her thoughts here]you like a goddessand

]Sardisoften turning her thoughts here]you like a goddessand in your song most of all she rejoiced.But now she is conspicuous among Lydian womenas sometimes at sunsetthe rosyfingered moonsurpasses all the stars. And her lightstretches over salt seaequally and flowerdeep fields.And the beautiful dew is poured outand roses bloom and frailchervil and flowering sweetclover.But she goes back and forth rememberinggentle Atthis and in longingshe bites her tender mind

Poetry Beauty Imagery

He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in th

He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in the darkness. My reason for life. Not living, but life. That was the touch. And she was his reason for life, and why he must survive.

Life Love Sad Ian Mcewan Atonement Love Conquers All

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.

Winston Churchill

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has char

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the last two years is a half-hearted attempt to find a way back to a more balanced relationship between our biological selves and the world we have built. So women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for not wanting to eat their cake and have it too.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.

Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.

Lara Flynn Boyle

We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been thro

We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us.

Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of tr

Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself.

The Dreamer awakesThe shadow goes byThe tale I have told you

The Dreamer awakesThe shadow goes byThe tale I have told you,That tale is a lie.But listen to me,Bright maiden, proud youthThe tale is a lie;What it tells is the truth.

Traditional folktale ending

Truth Storytelling Fairy Tales Folklore

Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments

Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at.

It is no worse, because I write of it. It would be no better

It is no worse, because I write of it. It would be no better, if I stopped my most unwilling hand. Nothing can undo it; nothing can make it otherwise than as it was.

Charles Dickens