All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
TACITUSThe powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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