Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TACITUSEvery recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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