Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
TACITUSThe 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.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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