The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.


Tacitus

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Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
PROVERB
Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
LATIN PROVERB
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
SALLUST
fortes fortuna adiuvat," Marcello had said to his men. Fortune favors the brave, the bold.
LISA TAWN BERGREN
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortun...
FRANCIS QUARLES
Necessity makes even the timid brave. [Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.]
SALLUST (CAIUS SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS)
Against change of fortune set a brave heart.
PROVERB
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JEAN PAUL
The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after dange...
JEAN PAUL RICHTER
Fortune and love favor the brave.
OVID
We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
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Fortune favours the bold.
DAVID TUVILL
Fortune befriends the bold.
JOHN DRYDEN
Fortune favours the bold.
VIRGIL
Fortune befriends the bold.
EMILY DICKINSON
Fortune favors the bold.
VIRGIL
Fortune favours the bold
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BRANDON CHRISTOPHER
Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.
E.A. BUCCHIANERI
Fortune crowns the bold before the worthy
AGONA APELL
Fortune favors the brave.
VIRGIL
Fortune helps the brave.
TERENCE
Fortune helps the brave.
PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER
Fortune favors the brave.
TERENCE
'You have no fortune.' I didn't need a cookie to tell me that.
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It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
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It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
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It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
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Fortune favors the bold, history tells us. Therefore, it behooves us to be as bold as possible.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way... to get in the way.
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Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.
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G.K. CHESTERTON
Fortune and love favour the brave. [Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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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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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
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The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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They make a wilderness and call it peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Posterity gives every man his true value.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first,...
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing ...
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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There will be vice as long as there are men.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. - Agricola.
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Things orbidden have a secret charm.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor ca...
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found...
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ...
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will n...
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Forbidden things have a secret charm.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin ...
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempe...
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, other...
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were...
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUS (CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS)
The most seditious is the most cowardly. [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]
TACITUS (CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS)
The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and t...
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When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no crime. [Lat., Neque femina amissa pud...
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Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hat...
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence. [Lat., Utque alios industria...
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. [Lat., Aspere fa...
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He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen. [Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non...
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Blood is thicker than water.
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The sun sets without thy assistance.
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Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam a...
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nem...
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
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Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour degu...
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse ...
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.
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It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be estab...
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency
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Forbidden things have a secret charm
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must...
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The unknown always seems sublime
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Posterity gives every man his true value.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor ca...
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Love of fame is the last thing even the wise give up
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
It is human nature to hate those whom you have injured
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader.
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We are corrupted by prosperity
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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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly mis...
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin
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When monarchs through their bloodthirsty commanders lay waste a country, they dignify their atrocity...
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Bitter the jest when satire comes too near truth and leaves a sharp sting behind it
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Whatever is unknown is magnified
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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 bri...
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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
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Reason and calm judgment: the qualities especially belonging to a leader.
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The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is the most violent
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So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
The hatred of relatives is the most violent
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He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher
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The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten,...
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ...
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderne...
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be tho...
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing ...
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first,...
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The illicit has an added charm
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There will be vice as long as there are men
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