All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
TACITUSWhen men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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