Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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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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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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