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Tacitus
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
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Cornelius Tacitus
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning and fall off toward the end. [Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.]
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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