It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
More Tacitus Quotes
-
-
An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TACITUS -
Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
TACITUS -
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.
TACITUS -
Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
TACITUS -
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUS -
Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
TACITUS -
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUS -
It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
TACITUS -
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
TACITUS -
Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUS -
Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
TACITUS -
In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
TACITUS -
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUS -
War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUS -
They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUS