The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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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 hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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