Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TACITUSThings forbidden have a secret charm.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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