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Tacitus Inspirational Quotes (133)

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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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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.
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To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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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.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
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Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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