More From Tacitus
- "Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it."
- "To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace."
- "Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader."
More In Great
- "It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time."― Samuel Johnson
- "Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- "Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included."― Karl Marx