Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
TACITUSThe wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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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