Tacitus
Tacitus
PubliusCornelius Tacituswas a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to the years of the First Jewish–Roman War in AD 70. There are substantial lacunae in the surviving texts,...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionHistorian
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Modern houses are so small we've had to train our dog to wag its tail up and down and not sideways.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace. [Lat., Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
secret charm forbidden
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.