Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
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Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
Courage
If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
Courage
In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Cycles
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Empire
Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Expediency
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Cities and City Life
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Charm
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Family
It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged.
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Hatred
Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Fear
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Health
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Guilt
The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Fame
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Leaders and Leadership
No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Leaders and Leadership
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Law and Lawyers
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Inheritance
The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
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Law and Lawyers
Posterity gives every man his true value.
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Posterity
They make a wilderness and call it peace.
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Peace
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Modesty
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Prudence
Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Past
Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Opinions
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Misfortunes
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Misfortunes
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Moderation
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Security
So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Soldier
Forbidden things have a secret charm.
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Scarcity
The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes.
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Taxes and Taxation
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Character
Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Absence
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Age and Aging
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Adversity
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Adversity
Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Critics and Criticism
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Assassination
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Valor