A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
TACITUSReckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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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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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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