The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
TACITUSEloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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