Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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