In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
TACITUSIn private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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