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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