Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
TACITUSBottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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