In all things there is a law of cycles.
TACITUSIn all things there is a law of cycles.
TACITUSThe lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
TACITUSWe see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
TACITUSThose in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
TACITUSThis I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
TACITUSThe more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSBy general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
TACITUSRemedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
TACITUSThe brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
TACITUSThe brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
TACITUSRumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
TACITUSThe love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
TACITUSThe love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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