Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSValor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
More Tacitus Quotes
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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