Whatever is unknown is magnified.
TACITUSThe Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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