By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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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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They terrify lest they should fear.
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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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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The 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.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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