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"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise." -
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Top 5 quotes from Tacitus
"A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man."
"Abuse, if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."
"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."
"In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous."
"It is only necessary to make war with five things: with the maladies of the body, with the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city, with the discords of families."
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"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
"In the long run, you only hit what you aim at."
"A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short."
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
"A man who never made a mistake never made anything."
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