Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man. Tacitus More Quotes by Tacitus More Quotes From Tacitus All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome. Tacitus shameless rome cities Adversity deprives us of our judgment. Tacitus judgment adversity Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. Tacitus modest fame character The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. Tacitus despair bravery fortune The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws. Tacitus government law numbers Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up. Tacitus lasts fame men Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood. Tacitus politics guilt blood Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. Tacitus valour proof harm Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends. Tacitus opponents benches winning Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished. Tacitus design infinite men All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay. Tacitus decay growth body Whatever is unknown is magnified. Tacitus We are corrupted by good fortune. Tacitus good-fortune fortune Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard. Tacitus hazards fool adventure Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth. Tacitus sincerity truth fear Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty. Tacitus falsehood uncertainty haste The Germans themselves I should regard as aboriginal, and not mixed at all with other races through immigration or intercourse. For in former times, it was not by land but on shipboard that those who sought to emigrate would arrive; and the boundless and, so to speak, hostile ocean beyond us,is seldom entered by a sail from our world. Tacitus our-world ocean race It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured. Tacitus hate hatred humans In all things there is a law of cycles. Tacitus cycles all-things law Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions. Tacitus passion lust justice
