Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
TACITUSHe that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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.]
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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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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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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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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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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