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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
(c. 55 - c. 117)
Roman historian and orator whose most notable work was Historiae, covering reigns from Galba to Domitian.
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Science Quotes by Publius Cornelius Tacitus (2 quotes)
Tardiora sunt remedia quam mala.
Remedies are slower in their operation than diseases.
Remedies are slower in their operation than diseases.
— Publius Cornelius Tacitus
In James Wood, Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign (1893), 410.
The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
— Publius Cornelius Tacitus
'A Dialogue Concerning Oratory', The Works of Tacitus By Cornelius Tacitus (1854), Vol. 2, 439.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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