Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
TACITUSAn honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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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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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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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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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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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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