It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
TACITUSNeglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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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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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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 hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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