Tacitus, Agricola
..."he had the rare faculty of being familiar without weakening his authority and austere without forfeiting people's affection." p. 59
..."he had the rare faculty of being familiar without weakening his authority and austere without forfeiting people's affection." p. 59
...since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what the can and the weak suffer what they must. 5.84 - 5.116 pp. 350-357