The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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