Author: Tacitus

Quotes

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

- Tacitus

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

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

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

- 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

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

A bad peace is even worse than war.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

- Tacitus

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

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

- Tacitus

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

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

- Tacitus

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