The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
TACITUSThe lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
TACITUSThe desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
TACITUSNone grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
TACITUSWhen a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUSKeen at the start, but careless at the end.
TACITUSNothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
TACITUSDeos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSThe love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSAn eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TACITUSOther men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSCustom adapts itself to expediency.
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