The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
TACITUSThey make solitude, which they call peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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