The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
TACITUSIf we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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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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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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