If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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