Author: Tacitus

Quotes

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

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

- 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

A bad peace is even worse than war.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

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

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