Publius Cornelius Tacitus quotes

" Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. " # Leaders and Leadership # Judgment and Judges # Reason

" Greater things are believed of those who are absent. " # Absence

" Keen at the start, but careless at the end. " # War

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

" There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. " # Confidence

" That cannot be safe which is not honourable. " # Risk

" The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. " # Law and Lawyers

" No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations. " # Hatred # Family # Love

" Forbidden things have a secret charm. " # Scarcity # Charm # Secrets

" It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. " # Hatred