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"He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion."
- Cornelius Tacitus. |
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"I am my nearest neighbour."
- Cornelius Tacitus. |
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"In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue."
- Cornelius Tacitus. |
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"It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others."
- Cornelius Tacitus, More quotation on Laws. |
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"Keen at the start, but careless at the end."
- Cornelius Tacitus. |
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"No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations."
- Cornelius Tacitus. |
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"That cannot be safe which is not honourable."
- Cornelius Tacitus. |
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"There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive."
- Cornelius Tacitus. |
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"It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks."
- Cornelius Tacitus, Histories. |