Tacitus Quotes
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You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
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Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.
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Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen of Tacitus, who was always concise, because he saw everything at a glance.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.