It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
TACITUSThey terrify lest they should fear.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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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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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 a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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