It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
TACITUSIt is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
TACITUSWar will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSTruth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
TACITUSConspicuous by his absence.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSIn stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
TACITUSMen are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSSo 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.
TACITUSIn private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
TACITUSCassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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