Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
TACITUSThe brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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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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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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