The gods are on the side of the stronger.
TACITUSAll things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
More Tacitus Quotes
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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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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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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