Cornelius Tacitus

Quote link. Other quotes about: man: "He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion."
Quote link.: "I am my nearest neighbour."
Quote link. Other quotes about: men peace: "In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue."
Quote link. Other quotes about: experience right good law: "It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others."
Quote link. Other quotes about: day think: "It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks."
Quote link.: "Keen at the start, but careless at the end."
Quote link.: "No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations."
Quote link.: "That cannot be safe which is not honourable."
Quote link. Other quotes about: power never: "There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive."