Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.] — Tacitus Copy Share Image
In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes; nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter — Tacitus Copy Share Image
When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.] — Tacitus Copy Share Image
This I hold to be the chief office of history, to rescue virtuous actions from the oblivion to which a want of… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
