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.
TACITUSThe brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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