Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSThe gods are on the side of the stronger.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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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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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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