Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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