What did Tacitus mean by: Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.] - Tacitus Historian · Italy Copy
+ We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.] Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Age, Ancient, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Honor, Integrity, Opposites, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Fashion, Laughing, Vices, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Power, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023February 6, 2024, Tacitus, Fame, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Believe, Deities, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Chastity, Lost, Modesty, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Cities, Rome, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. - Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. - Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
To confess ignorance is often wiser than to beat about the bush with a hypothetical diagnosis. - William Osler Physician · Canada
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
The reason there’s so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it. - Frank A. Clark Politician
It must certainly be more dangerous to live in ignorance than to live with knowledge. - Frank Herbert Author · USA
