Tacitus Quotes

The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.

It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay.

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

I have gold for my friends, and iron for my enemies

I never forget those who do me a favor, and I never forget those who don't!

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

When you realize who the good people are in your life, you're so lucky.

I couldn't have gotten this far without my beautiful parents. I'm also very lucky to have the best friends that I do.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.