Tacitus Quote

“Which is the more pitiful I cannot decide — being accused because of a friendship, or accusing a friend.”

Tacitus. The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero. Oxford World’s Classics. Translated by J.C. Yardley. Introduction and notes by Anthony A. Barrett. Oxford University Press Inc.: New York. 2008. (Book Six, Chapter 6, p 182)



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6 replies

  1. This sound like the epigraph to a really juicy book! Are you going to write it? 🙂

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  2. This sounds like the epigraph to a long and juicy book! Are you going to write it? 🙂

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  3. This sounds like the epigraph to an interesting, juicy book! Are you going to write it? 🙂

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  4. Oops! It kept asking me to log in, and I thought it was dropping my comment. It was worth saying once, not 3 times!!

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  5. I’ll write an essay. ;0)

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