So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
TACITUSGreater things are believed of those who are absent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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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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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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