Tacitus
Roman orator, lawyer, and senator.
Idque apud imperitos humanitas vocabatur, cum pars servitutis esset.
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes; nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council; many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.
The images of twenty of the most illustrious families—the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour—were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed; but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre.
Some might consider him as too fond of fame; for 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.
Tu vero felix, Agricola, non vitae tantum claritate, sed etiam opportunitate mortis.
Conspicuous by his absence.
What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.
All this is unauthenticated, and I shall leave it open.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.