The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
TACITUSKeen at the start, but careless at the end.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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