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“What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.”

Tacitus book Annals

Book XI, 24
Annals (117)

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Tacitus photo
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“To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes; nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council; many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.”
Scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium, nec aut sacris adesse aut concilium inire ignominioso fas; multique superstites bellorum infamiam laqueo finierunt.

Tacitus book Germania

Source: Germania (98), Chapter 6

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“It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.”
Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quae velis, et quae sentias dicere licet.

Tacitus book Histories

Book I, 1
Histories (100-110)

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“To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his own.”
Honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere.

Ulpian (170–228) Roman jurist

Ulpian photo

“Justice is the constant and perpetual will to render to every man his due.”
Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi.

Ulpian (170–228) Roman jurist

Ulpian photo

“The sovereign is not bound by the laws.”
Princeps legibus solutus est.

Ulpian (170–228) Roman jurist

Ulpian photo

“What pleases the prince has the force of law.”
Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.

Ulpian (170–228) Roman jurist

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Bűncselekményével senki sem teheti kedvezőbbé a helyzetét.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam condicionem facere potest.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 134, 1.

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Az ítélt dolgot (jogerős ítéletet) igazságként kell elfogadni.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Res iudicata pro veritate accipitur.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 207.

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Nem idegenít el (az), aki pusztán kiesik a birtokból.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Non alienat, qui dumtaxat omittit possessionem.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 119.

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Senki sem ruházhat át több jogot másra, mint amennyivel ő maga rendelkezik.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Nemo plus iuris ad alium transferre potest, quam ipse haberet.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 54.

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Nem helyénvaló, hogy akinek joga van a többhöz, (annak) ne legyen joga a kevesebbhez.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Non debet cui plus licet, quod minus est, non licere.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 21.

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Amely személyből valakinek haszna származik, annak tettéért köteles helytállni.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Ex qua persona quis lucrum capit, eius factum praestare debet.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 149.

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Úgy tekintendő, hogy nem értenek egyet (azok), akik tévednek.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Non videntur, qui errant, consentire.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 116, 2.

Domitius Ulpianus photo

„Úgy tekintendő, hogy nem szedik rá azokat, akik (az érdekeikkel ellentétes eljárásról) tudnak és (abba) beleegyeznek.”

Domitius Ulpianus (170–228)

Nemo videtur fraudare eos, qui sciunt et consentiunt.
Ulp. D. 50, 17, 145.

Sigrid Undset photo

“But man proposes, God disposes.”

Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter

Kristin Lavransdatter

Sigrid Undset photo
Sigrid Undset photo

“Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate.”

Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) Norwegian writer

Source: The Wife