The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
TACITUSWhen men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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