Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
TACITUSThat cannot be safe which is not honourable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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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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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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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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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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