The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
TACITUSThe brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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