A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSAdversity deprives us of our judgment.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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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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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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