Quotes by Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. >>

Custom adapts itself to expediency. >>

Greater things are believed of those who are absent. >>

Quotations about Valor

Valor consists in the power of self recovery. >>

The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures. >>

Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy. >>

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius