Tacitus55–120The quotations of
Tacitus
Roman historian and senator
55–120
27 quotes, most often on Freedom, War & Peace and Laws.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
Histories (100-110), Book I, 1Because they didn’t know better, they called it “civilization,” when it was part of their slavery.
Agricola (98), Book 1, paragraph 21
