Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. Tacitus More Quotes by Tacitus More Quotes From Tacitus The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go ashore unnoticed by the guards. Its winter is mild because it is enclosed by a range of mountains which keeps out the fierce temperature; its summer is unequal. The open sea is very pleasant and it has a view of a beautiful bay. Tacitus summerlatinbeautiful Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace. Tacitus shamefulwar Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. Tacitus nexthatepower War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party. Tacitus conquestpartywar It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured. Tacitus hatemindmen [The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others. Tacitus jewhatredattitude What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent. Tacitus hereafterprecedenttoday Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors. Tacitus fearfeelingsmen The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion. Tacitus passiondominion The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion. Tacitus passiondesiremen Yet the age was not so utterly destitute of virtues but that it produced some good examples. Tacitus virtueexampleage You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter Tacitus good-manmenbelieve The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity. Tacitus officedeedsevil Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals. Tacitus freedomnatureanimal The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo. Tacitus reluctantfamemen When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. Tacitus punishmenttalentmen Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. Tacitus ratiosqualityleader The images of twenty of the most illustrious families the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed; but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre. Tacitus cassiustwentiesnames It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace. Tacitus warpeace 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. Tacitus glancessawsmanners
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