“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”
― Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome
“If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”
― Tacitus
“They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.”
― Tacitus, The Agricola and the Germania
“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
― Tacitus
“Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.”
― Tacitus
“It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.”
― Tacitus, Histories of Tacitus
“It is a principle of nature to hate those whom you have injured.”
― Tacitus
“Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.”
― Tacitus, Annals
“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to enquire. We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Tacitus’ quotes proves there is nothing new under the sun.
Wonderful words.
Tacitus 2016 !!!
The quote about who controls you(Da Joos) has alternately been attributed to Voltaire.
I want what Stucky said on a bumper sticker. Lol.
“The quote about who controls you(Da Joos) has alternately been attributed to Voltaire.”
Neither Voltaire nor Tacitus ever wrote that.
It is a misquotation of Strom. The author should correct his error.