Anger Quote by Tacitus Download Open image “A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.” — Tacitus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anger Behinds Bitter Inspirational Jest Truth
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None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
