Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSNone make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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