The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
TACITUSHe (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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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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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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