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
peace wilderness
Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
peace war
It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace. [Lat., Bellum magis desierat, quam pax coeperat.]
peace war empires
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
peace desert making-peace
They make a desert and call it peace.
peace war rome
A bad peace is even worse than war.
art peace solitude
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.]
peace freedom war
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
atrocity calling lay peace waste
When monarchs through their bloodthirsty commanders lay waste a country, they dignify their atrocity by calling it "Making Peace
call peace
They (the Romans) make a desert, and they call it peace
call peace wilderness
They make a wilderness and call it peace.
bad discord excellence men mental moral peace require
In times of tumult and discord bad men have the most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quiteness.
peace
They made a wasteland and called it peace
bad discord excellence men mental moral peace require seasons
In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have the most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
bear last learned love men
Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.