Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TACITUSThe wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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