By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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