We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
TACITUSBy general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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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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