Tacitus (mis?) quote

[b***@yahoo.com]

"Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws."
i would like the source & accuracy of this quote.


thank.ya.kindly
"it must be true, i read it on the internet"

[Johannes Patruus]

Post by b***@yahoo.com
"Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws."
i would like the source & accuracy of this quote.

My guess is Tacitus, Annales 3:25 -

"... utque antehac flagitiis ita tunc legibus laborabatur."

http://www.intratext.com/IXT/LAT0534/_PIR.HTM#19

Church & Brodribb translate:
" ... and now the country suffered from its laws, as it had hitherto
suffered from its vices."
http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.3.iii.html

Johannes

[b***@yahoo.com]

Post by Johannes Patruus

Post by b***@yahoo.com
"Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws."
i would like the source & accuracy of this quote.

My guess is Tacitus, Annales 3:25 -
"... utque antehac flagitiis ita tunc legibus laborabatur."
http://www.intratext.com/IXT/LAT0534/_PIR.HTM#19
" ... and now the country suffered from its laws, as it had hitherto
suffered from its vices."
http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.3.iii.html
Johannes

again, thank you. i've seen it as a tag on various posts and it
seem a bit _too_ convenient.
and thanx for the dope slap on the MIT site: i had it bookmarked
many computers & browsers ago, d'oh!