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Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 - ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire

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

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