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  • Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

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  • So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.

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    Doubt   Obscurity   Facts  
    Cornelius Tacitus (1860). “The Works of Tacitus: The Oxford Translation, Revised. With Notes ...”, p.119

  • 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.

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    Tacitus (2013). “The Annals”, p.112, Courier Corporation

  • Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.

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Tacitus

  • Born: 56
  • Died: 117
  • Occupation: Historian
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