Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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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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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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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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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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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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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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