Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
Quotations

"Long, I pray, may foreign nations persist, if not in loving us, at least in hating one another; for destiny is driving our empire upon its appointed path, and fortune can bestow upon us no better gift than discord among our foes."

- Germania

 

"It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks."

- Histories

 

"Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. "

- Annales (XI, 29)

 

"Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils."

- Annales (XI, 29)

 

"Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose."

- Annales (I, 30)

 

"It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured."

- Agricola (XLII, 4)

 

"The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath. "

- Annales (XI, 29)

 

"The sun sets without thy assistance. "

- Annales (XI, 29)

 

"Blood is thicker than water. "

- Annales (XI, 29)