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.
TACITUSPower won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
More Tacitus Quotes
-
-
The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
TACITUS -
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
TACITUS -
Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
TACITUS -
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUS -
Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUS -
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
TACITUS -
When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
TACITUS -
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUS -
[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
TACITUS -
The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
TACITUS -
The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
TACITUS -
People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
TACITUS -
Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
TACITUS -
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
TACITUS -
Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TACITUS