The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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