Famous Cornelius Tacitus Quotations

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


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