Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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