More from Tacitus
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
TacitusTacitus Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
TacitusTacitus Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TacitusTacitus An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TacitusTacitus A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TacitusTacitus Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
TacitusTacitus It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
TacitusTacitus Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
TacitusTacitus We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
TacitusTacitus The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
TacitusTacitus War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TacitusTacitus [That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
TacitusTacitus Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
TacitusTacitus In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
TacitusTacitus It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
TacitusTacitus In valor there is hope.
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Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith dies.
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Consider God’s charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Justice is charity in accordance with wisdom.
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