Quotes by Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Things forbidden have a secret charm. >>

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; >>

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to rui >>

Quotations about Character

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the >>

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so hig >>

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing >>

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius