40 Quotations by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- 1. A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing ...

- 2. Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be tho ...

- 3. All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.

- 4. All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, ...

- 5. All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.

- 6. Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

- 7. Custom adapts itself to expediency.

- 8. Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

- 9. Forbidden things have a secret charm.

- 10. Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

- 11. If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.

- 12. In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.

- 13. In all things there is a law of cycles.

- 14. It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged.

- 15. It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

- 16. Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

- 17. Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly mis ...

- 18. No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

- 19. No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

- 20. Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

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