263 Quotes by Tacitus

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk. [Lat., Vulgus ignavum et nihil ultra verba ausurum.]

It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace. [Lat., Bellum magis desierat, quam pax coeperat.]

It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.

Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.

We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]

When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]