Custom adapts itself to expediency.
TACITUSPerdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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