Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
TACITUSOld things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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