Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

Quote by Tacitus

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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated,...

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated,...

A bad peace is even worse than war.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make...

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make...

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing...

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing...

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding...

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding...

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that...

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that...

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.

When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.

It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.