The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
TACITUSThose in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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