I am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSIn all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
TACITUSCustom adapts itself to expediency.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSIt is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
TACITUSSo 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.
TACITUSEvery recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSModest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
TACITUSBenefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
TACITUSNecessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
TACITUSCrime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
TACITUSIt is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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