Quote by Tacitus (56-120) , Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200-276)

• Those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

• A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

• Abuse, if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

• A bad peace is even worse than war.

• All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.

• Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.