Quotes Compiled - Tacitus


"Keen at the start, but careless at the end."
/ Tacitus /


"In all things, there is a law of cycles."
/ Tacitus /


"Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful."
/ Tacitus /


"All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end."
~~ Tacitus


"Things forbidden have a secret charm."
~~ Tacitus


"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."
/ Tacitus /


"If you would know who controls, you see who you may not criticise."
~~ Tacitus


"When the state is most corrupt, then laws are most multiplied."
/ Tacitus /


"Reason and judgement are the qualities of a leader."
/ Tacitus /


"In seasons of tumult and discord, bad men have power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness."
/ Tacitus /


"He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again."
/ Tacitus /


"Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable."
/ Tacitus /



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