He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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