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.
TACITUSCruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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