Author: Tacitus

Quotes

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

- Tacitus

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

- Tacitus

It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

- Tacitus

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

- Tacitus

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

- Tacitus

A bad peace is even worse than war.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

- Tacitus

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

- Tacitus

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

- Tacitus

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

- Tacitus

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