If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSIt is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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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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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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