The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
TACITUSIf we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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