Discourses on Livy · Character
Cornelius Tacitus
Roman historian whose works on the emperors are cited by Machiavelli.
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Also known as Tacitus, Cornelius
First appearance: i
Cornelius Tacitus shows up with force in Chapter XXIX: Whether a people or a prince is the more ungrateful. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted for the maxim that men are readier to pay back injuries than benefits.
Cornelius Tacitus first appears in 0004 i.
In Chapter XXIX: Whether a people or a prince is the more ungrateful: Quoted for the maxim that men are readier to pay back injuries than benefits.
Later, in XIX: Cited for his opinion that in governing a multitude, punishment avails more than compliance.
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