Quote #6
...good habits are here more effectual than good laws elsewhere. (translation)
More from Tacitus
- Quanquam severa illic matrimonia
- It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
- Tu vero felix, Agricola, non vitae tantum claritate, sed etiam opportunitate mortis.
- Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
- Et maiores vestros et posteros cogitate.
- The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
- Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
- Deos fortioribus adesse.