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.]
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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