A bad peace is even worse than war.
Tacitus
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
Tacitus
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
Tacitus
Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
Tacitus
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.
Tacitus
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
Tacitus
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
Tacitus
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
Tacitus
Custom adapts itself to expediency.
Tacitus
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
Tacitus
Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
Tacitus
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
Tacitus
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
Tacitus
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
Tacitus
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Tacitus
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.
Tacitus
Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
Tacitus
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
Tacitus
No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
Tacitus
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
Tacitus
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
Tacitus
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Tacitus
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Tacitus
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
Tacitus
The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.
Tacitus
The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
Tacitus
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Tacitus
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
Tacitus
To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it."
Tacitus
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Tacitus
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
Tacitus
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
Tacitus
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
Tacitus
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
Tacitus
When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
Tacitus
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Type:
Historian
Date of Birth:
0000-00-00
Year of Death:
120
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