Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
TACITUSThe changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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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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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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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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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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