If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSBenefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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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 changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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In valor there is hope.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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