Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
TACITUSIf we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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