If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSCrime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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The 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.]
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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