A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
TACITUSLegions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
More Tacitus Quotes
-
-
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
TACITUS -
The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
TACITUS -
Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUS -
Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUS -
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUS -
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
TACITUS -
The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
TACITUS -
Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUS -
An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TACITUS -
Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUS -
Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUS -
Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
TACITUS -
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUS -
Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUS -
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
TACITUS