The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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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.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Rumor is not always wrong
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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