55-117 AD, Roman Historian
Posterity will pay everyone their due.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Past]
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Misfortunes]
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Leaders and Leadership]
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Guilt]
So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Soldier]
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Courage]
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Security]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Family]
The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Fame]
The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Law and Lawyers]
The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Taxes and Taxation]
They make a wilderness and call it peace.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Peace]
Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Opinions]
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Charm]
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Inheritance]
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Empire]
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Valor]
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Adversity]
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus – [Modesty]
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