Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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In valor there is hope.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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