Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSNothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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