In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace. — 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
“He realized that monarchy was essential to peace, and that the price of freedom was violence and disorder.” — Tacitus Copy Share Image
It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace. [Lat., Bellum magis desierat, quam pax coeperat.] — Tacitus Copy Share Image
To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. — 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
