Tacitus Quotes

Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost. Tacitus Picture Quote

Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.

— Tacitus

Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Tacitus Picture Quote

Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat.,

— Tacitus

The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their Tacitus Picture Quote

The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their

— Tacitus

The worst hatred is that of relatives. Tacitus Picture Quote

The worst hatred is that of relatives.

— Tacitus

He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and Tacitus Picture Quote

He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and

— Tacitus

Whatever is unknown is magnified. Tacitus Picture Quote

Whatever is unknown is magnified.

— Tacitus

They make a desert and call it peace. Tacitus Picture Quote

They make a desert and call it peace.

— Tacitus

The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded Tacitus Picture Quote

The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded

— Tacitus

The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace. Tacitus Picture Quote

The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.

— Tacitus

Deos fortioribus adesse. The Gods support those who are stronger. Tacitus Picture Quote

Deos fortioribus adesse. The Gods support those who are stronger.

— Tacitus

Auctor nominis eius Christus,Tiberio imperitante, per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum, supplicio affectus Tacitus Picture Quote

Auctor nominis eius Christus,Tiberio imperitante, per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum, supplicio affectus

— Tacitus

Corruptisima republica plurimae leges. Tacitus Picture Quote

Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.

— Tacitus

War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling Tacitus Picture Quote

War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling

— Tacitus

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer. Tacitus Picture Quote

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

— Tacitus

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly Tacitus Picture Quote

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly

— Tacitus

Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the Tacitus Picture Quote

Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the

— Tacitus

[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [ Tacitus Picture Quote

[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [

— Tacitus

Great empires are not maintained by timidity. Tacitus Picture Quote

Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

— Tacitus

Posterity gives every man his true value. Tacitus Picture Quote

Posterity gives every man his true value.

— Tacitus

None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted. Tacitus Picture Quote

None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.

— Tacitus

Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man. Tacitus Picture Quote

Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.

— Tacitus

So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any Tacitus Picture Quote

So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any

— Tacitus

So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt Tacitus Picture Quote

So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt

— Tacitus

Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that Tacitus Picture Quote

Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that

— Tacitus

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.. Tacitus Picture Quote

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader..

— Tacitus

The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to Tacitus Picture Quote

The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to

— Tacitus

The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers. Tacitus Picture Quote

The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.

— Tacitus

Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard. Tacitus Picture Quote

Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.

— Tacitus

Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as Tacitus Picture Quote

Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as

— Tacitus

Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich. Tacitus Picture Quote

Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.

— Tacitus

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority. Tacitus Picture Quote

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

— Tacitus

To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the Tacitus Picture Quote

To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the

— Tacitus

Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader. Tacitus Picture Quote

Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.

— Tacitus

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin. Tacitus Picture Quote

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

— Tacitus

It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured. Tacitus Picture Quote

It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.

— Tacitus

The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they Tacitus Picture Quote

The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they

— Tacitus

You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. Tacitus Picture Quote

You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure.

— Tacitus

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the Tacitus Picture Quote

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the

— Tacitus

Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so. Tacitus Picture Quote

Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.

— Tacitus

Christianity is a pestilent superstition. Tacitus Picture Quote

Christianity is a pestilent superstition.

— Tacitus

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