Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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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.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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In valor there is hope.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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