What did Tacitus mean by: No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted. Tacitus Historian · Italy Copy
+ The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Ambition, Egoism, Wisdom, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Change, Instability, Power, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Credulity, Dependence, Flattery, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Accountability, Perception, Reflection, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence. Read explanation Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Fame, Indolence, Industry, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Confidence, Excess, Power, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Betrayal, Guilt, Revenge, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.] Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tacitus, Accomplishment, Force, Prudence, 0 Tacitus Historian · Italy
It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit. Jerome K. Jerome Writer
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. Jerome K. Jerome Writer