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.
[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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 - [That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/that-form-of-eloquence-the-foster-child-of-licence-683x1024.jpg)
![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 - The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/the-brave-and-bold-persist-even-against-fortune-th-1-683x1024.jpg)
