Tacitus Quotes
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
