Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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In valor there is hope.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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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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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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