The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
Law |
Tacitus quoteEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
Men |
Tacitus quoteThere can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
Power |
Tacitus quoteIt is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
Law |
Tacitus quoteKeen at the start, but careless at the end.
Tacitus quote He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion.
Tacitus quote Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
Tacitus quote It is only necessary to make war with five things: with the maladies of the body, with the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city, with the discords of families.
Tacitus quote Biography
Roman senator and historian
