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Quotation from The Histories by Tacitus
“it is the rare fortune of these days that a man may think what he likes and say what he thinks.”
The Histories, Book I, ch. 1, trans. W. Hamilton Fyfe (1912)
The preface contrasts the reigns of Nerva and Trajan with the dangerous years he is about to describe.
Citation: "it is the rare fortune of these days that a man may think what he likes and say what he thinks." — Tacitus, The Histories, Book I, ch. 1, trans. W. Hamilton Fyfe (1912). (id tacitus-the-histories-q1)
Portrait: Tacitus, Cornelius (50 - 116), Unknown author, Public domain.
