# Quote — Tacitus, Annals

> What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.

- Author: [Tacitus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus.md)
- Book: [Annals](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus/annals.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tacitus#Annals_(117)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus/annals/what-is-today

## More from this book

> Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus/annals/great-empires-are.md)

> To every man posterity gives his due honour.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus/annals/to-every-man.md)

> The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus/annals/the-desire-for.md)