70 Quotations with Tacit.
- 41. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
- 42. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Posterity gives every man his true value.
- 43. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Posterity will pay everyone their due.
- 44. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
- 45. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
- 46. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants ...
- 47. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to ...
- 48. Aldous Huxley: The business of a seer is to see; and if he involves himself in the kind of God- ...
- 49. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
- 50. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
- 51. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
- 52. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
- 53. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained ...
- 54. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: They make a wilderness and call it peace.
- 55. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
- 56. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
- 57. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where ...
- 58. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it ...
- 59. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hand ...
- 60. Publius Cornelius Tacitus: We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more althoug ...
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