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.
TACITUSKeen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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