Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
TACITUSValor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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