We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
TACITUSEloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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