Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSThe more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSIf you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSA woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSThe wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSFlattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
TACITUSPower won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
TACITUSBy punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
TACITUSBy general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
TACITUSLust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
TACITUSFlatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
TACITUSThe lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSBodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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