Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSEvery recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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