The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
![Tacitus Quote - None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/none-grieve-so-ostentatiously-as-those-who-rejoice-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rulers-always-hate-and-suspect-the-next-in-success-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/in-all-things-there-is-a-kind-of-law-of-cycles-lat-683x1024.jpg)
