Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSNeglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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