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.
Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
![Tacitus Quote - The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/the-powerful-hold-in-deep-remembrance-an-ill-timed-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/we-accomplish-more-by-prudence-than-by-force-lat-p-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/posterity-gives-to-every-man-his-true-honor-lat-su-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/modest-fame-is-not-to-be-despised-by-the-highest-c-683x1024.jpg)
