Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
TACITUSThe lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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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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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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