Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
- Tacitus
More Quotes By Tacitus
- We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times.
[Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
- The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
- Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
- Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge...
- The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
- If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
- In valor there is hope.
- When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
- Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
- Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the...
- The most seditious is the most cowardly.
- It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
- The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
- An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
[Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
- So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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