Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSIt 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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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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