Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSSuch being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSHe (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.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSTruth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSIf you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
TACITUSTo plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
TACITUSA man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
TACITUSLust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
TACITUSValor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
TACITUSThe hatred of relatives is the most violent.
TACITUSThey make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSIt is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSBe assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
TACITUSThe 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.
TACITUSIn a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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