Sunday, January 29, 2017

Quote of the day--from famous Roman historian Tacitus, from wikipedia

Tiberius', Gaius' and Claudius' as well as Nero's acts
while flourishing themselves—out of fear—counterfeited,
after they came to fall—resulting from new-found hate— related
are.

It wasn't Dickens--as I thought. My brother first told me about them--

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