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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
— Tacitus The Annals of Imperial Rome
Tags: truth, posterity, history, falsehoods, facts

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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
— Tacitus
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
— Tacitus
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
— Tacitus
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
— Tacitus
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
— Tacitus
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