Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
TACITUSNo one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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