In valor there is hope.
TACITUSModest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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