Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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