Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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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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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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 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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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