Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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In valor there is hope.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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![Tacitus Quote - The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/the-brave-and-bold-persist-even-against-fortune-th.jpg)
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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