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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] - Annales (IV, 28) [Necessity] Adversity reminds men of religion. [Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.] - Annales (V, 51) [Adversity] A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.] - Annales (VI, 34) [Gifts] Envy, like fire, soars upward. [Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.] - Annales (VIII, 31) [Envy] Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior fuerit, detegit.] - Annales (XLIV, 15) [Treachery] Experience is the teacher of fools. [Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.] - Annales (XXII, 39) [Experience] It is said that truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished. [Lat., Veritatem laborare nimis saepe, aiunt, extingui nunquam.] - Annales (XXII, 39) [Truth] Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Consilia res magis dant hominibus quam homines rebus.] - Annales (XXII, 39) [Circumstance] The best known evil is the most tolerable. [Lat., Notissimum quodque malum maxime tolerabile.] - Annales (XXIII, 3) [Evil] It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous. [Lat., Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione magnae fortunae; facere et parare eam, difficile atque arduum est.] - Annales (XXIV, 22) [Wealth] In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest. - Annales (XXV, 38) [Advice] A foolish superstition introduces the influences of the gods even in the smallest matters. [Lat., Minimis etiam rebus prava religio inserit deos.] - Annales (XXVII, 23) [Superstition] Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances. [Lat., Ex parvis saepe magnarum momenta rerum pendent.] - Annales (XXVII, 9) [Trifles] The fidelity of barbarians depends on fortune. [Lat., Barbaris ex fortuna pendet fides.] - Annales (XXVIII, 17) [Fortune] Men's minds are too ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves. [Lat., Ingenia humana sunt ad suam cuique levandam culpam nimio plus facunda.] - Annales (XXVIII, 25) [Guilt] Rashness is not always fortunate. [Lat., Non semper temeritas est felix.] - Annales (XXVIII, 42) [Fortune] Apprehensions are greater in proportion as things are unknown. [Lat., Major ignotarum rerum est terror.] - Annales (XXVIII, 44) [Fear] Men have less lively perception of good than of evil. [Lat., Segnius homines bona quam mala sentiunt.] - Annales (XXX, 21) [Goodness] He whom fortune has never deceived, rarely considers the uncertainty of human events. [Lat., Non temere incerta casuum reputat, quem fortuna numquam decepit.] - Annales (XXX, 30) [Fortune] Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. [Lat., Raro simul hominibus bonam fortunam bonamque mentem dari.] - Annales (XXX, 42) [Fortune] Nothing stings more deeply then the loss of money. [Lat., Nec quicquam acrius quam pecuniae damnum stimulat.] - Annales (XXX, 44) [Money] What is honorable is also safest. [Lat., Quod pulcherrimum idem tutissimum est.] - Annales (XXXIV, 14) [Honor] As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. [Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet non pudebit.] - Annales (XXXIV, 4) [Shame : Women] It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted. [Lat., Hominem improbum non accusari tutius est quam absolvi.] - Annales (XXXIV, 4) [Law] The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel frugalitatis.] - Annales (XXXIV, 4) [Shame] Displaying page 2 of 3 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3
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