In valor there is hope.
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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 wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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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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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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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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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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