{"id":92775,"date":"2021-06-09T08:58:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T06:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=92775"},"modified":"2021-06-09T08:58:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T06:58:12","slug":"quotes-of-tacitus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-tacitus\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of Tacitus"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/publiusz-korneliusz-tacyt-313x400.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/publiusz-korneliusz-tacyt-313x400.jpg 313w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/publiusz-korneliusz-tacyt-640x819.jpg 640w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/publiusz-korneliusz-tacyt.jpg 1200w\"                alt=\"Publius Cornelius Tacitus\"\n                width=\"250\"\n                height=\"320\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/publiusz-korneliusz-tacyt.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Publius Cornelius Tacitus\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/publius-cornelius-tacitus\/\">Publius Cornelius Tacitus<\/a>            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><a title=\"Tacyt\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/publiusz-korneliusz-tacyt\/\">Tacitus<\/a> (<em>Publius Cornelius Tacitus<\/em>) lived in the years 55 &#8211; 120 CE. An outstanding Roman <span class=\"underlined\">historian<\/span>; author of the works: &#8220;Annales&#8221;, &#8220;Germania&#8221; or &#8220;Agricola&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;By a bizarre natural quirk, find peace hateful but cherish idleness&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Mira diversitate naturae, cum iidem homines sic ament inertiam et oderint quietem]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: about Germans.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Germania<\/em>, 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Without anger and passion&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Sine ira et studio]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: about writing the history without the emotions.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Annals<\/em>, 1.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nature has willed that every man&#8217;s children and kindred should be his dearest objects&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Liberos cuique ac propinquos suos natura carissimos esse voluit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/gnaeus-julius-agricola\/\">Agricola<\/a><\/em>, 31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It is human nature to hate the man whom you have injured&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Agricola<\/em>, 42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;But Brutus and Cassius shone brighter than all by the very fact that their portraits were unseen&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Sed praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: describing the approach of Romans towards Brutus and Cassius monuments during the funerary of Junia Tertia, half-sister of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/marcus-junius-brutus\/\">Marcus Junius Brutus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Annals<\/em>, III.76<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Drugs kill slower than the illness&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Tardiora sunt remedia quam mala]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Agricola<\/em>, 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Judge of elegance&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/gaius-petronius-known-as-arbiter\/\">Arbiter<\/a> elegantiarum]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: with those words Tacitus describes Petronius &#8211; Roman courtier during the reign of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/nero\/\">Nero<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Annals<\/em>, XVI.18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Etiam fortis viros subitis terreri]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Annals<\/em>, XV.59<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Rulers are mortal &#8211; the state is eternal&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-army\/units-of-roman-army\/principes\/\">Principes<\/a> mortales, res publica aeterna]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Annals<\/em>, III.6,3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It is part of human nature to hate a man you have hurt&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Proprium ingenii humani est odisse, quem laeseris]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Agricola<\/em>, 42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Everything unknown is taken as grand&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Omne ignotum pro magnifico]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Agricola<\/em>, 1.30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Honorable death is better than shameful life&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Honesta <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/list-of-roman-gods\/mors\/\">mors<\/a> turpi vita potior]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Agricola<\/em>, 33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When the state is most corrupt, then laws are most multiplied&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Annales<\/em>, III 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;They make a wasteland, they call it peace&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Agricola<\/em>, 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Zwykle niewinny nie sprosta nowej zawi\u015bci&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;\u017badna z ludzkich spraw nie jest tak niesta\u0142a i przemijaj\u0105ca jak rozg\u0142os pot\u0119gi, kt\u00f3ra nie na w\u0142asnej opiera si\u0119 sile&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Cupido dominandi cunctis affectibus flagrantior est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Tacitus, <em>Annales<\/em>, XV.53<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tacitus (Publius Cornelius Tacitus) lived in the years 55 &#8211; 120 CE. An outstanding Roman historian; author of the works: &#8220;Annales&#8221;, &#8220;Germania&#8221; or &#8220;Agricola&#8221;. &#8220;By a bizarre natural quirk, find peace hateful but cherish idleness&#8221; latin: [Mira diversitate naturae, cum iidem homines sic ament inertiam et oderint quietem] description: about Germans. source: Tacitus, Germania, 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":70280,"parent":70268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92775","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92775\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}