Custom adapts itself to expediency.
TACITUSThe desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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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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Rumor is not always wrong
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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