In valor there is hope.
TACITUSZealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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