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A bad peace is even worse than war.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to c... (more Tacitus quotes)
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Complete Works of Tacitus by Tacitus |
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Tacitus: Histories, Books IV-V, Annals Books I-III (Loeb Classical Library No. 249) by Tacitus, Clifford H. Moore, and John Jackson |
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Tacitus: Annals 13-16 (Loeb Classical Library No. 322) by Tacitus and John Jackson |
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