“Nothing is moderate in a crowd. They terrorize unless they fear – but once intimidated, they are despised with impunity.”
nihil in vulgo modicum; terrere ni paveant, ubi pertimuerint inpune contemni
Tacitus, Annals 1.29
“Nothing is moderate in a crowd. They terrorize unless they fear – but once intimidated, they are despised with impunity.”
nihil in vulgo modicum; terrere ni paveant, ubi pertimuerint inpune contemni