A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSIf we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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