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.
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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 not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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