Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
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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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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