If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSWhatever is unknown is magnified.
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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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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 brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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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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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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