All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
TACITUSThe changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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