Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSA man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
TACITUSFollowing Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
TACITUSA bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
TACITUSCassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
TACITUSSuch being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSA woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
TACITUSIt is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSGreater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUSThere are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSIt is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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