Quotes by Tacitus
3 quotes by Tacitus (died 117), taken from 2 works. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Works quoted: Agricola and Germania.
Agricola
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“Let us rather adorn your memory by our admiration, by our short-lived praises, and, as far as our natures will permit, by an imitation of your example. This is truly to honor the dead; this is the piety of every near relation.”
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“Although he was snatched away in the midst of a vigorous age, yet if his life be measured by his glory, it was a period of the greatest extent.”
Germania
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“Every one according to his ability feasts his guest: when his provisions are exhausted, he who was late the host, is now the guide and companion to another hospitable board. They enter the next house uninvited, and are received with equal cordiality.”