Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
TACITUSMiseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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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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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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