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

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


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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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