~ Tacitus Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

[MysteRy]

When men are full of envy they disparage everything whether it be good or bad.

[MysteRy]

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

[MysteRy]

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

[MysteRy]

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

[MysteRy]

Those will be thy best friends not to whom thou hast done good but who have done good to thee.

[MysteRy]

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

[MysteRy]

Style like the human body is specially beautiful when the veins are not prominent and the bones cannot be counted.

[MysteRy]

Abuse if you slight it will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated you will be thought to have deserved it.

[MysteRy]

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies not to whom thou hast done evil but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends not to whom thou hast done good but who have done good to thee.

[MysteRy]

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.