Tacitus

"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."

"It is a rare thing for justice and power to dwell together."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"When you meet resistance, you know you're on to something."

"Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt."

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."

"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."

"Humanity's noblest endowment is the capacity to know good from evil."

"Great empires are not maintained by timidity."

"The gods are not moved by our prayers, but by our virtues."

"Memories of past ills are the worst of all torments."

"A fair exterior is a silent recommendation."

"Ambition can creep as well as soar."

"The more you know, the more you realize you don't know."

"Nations grow by virtue, decline by vice."

"Truth is powerful and it prevails."

"In peace, the sons bury their fathers; in war, the fathers bury their sons."

"Cruelty and cowardice go hand in hand."

"The human heart desires the good, but fears the price of attaining it."

"Tyranny is the abuse of power made legal."

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom."

"What one generation leaves another, we inherit both the gift and the burden."

"The ungrateful never improve."

"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world."

"It is the nature of man to resist oppression and love liberty."

"Time is the judge of all things."