Translation: It is the rare fortune of these days that one … - Tacitus

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Translation: It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

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Publius Tacitus (or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus; c. 56–after 117 AD), Roman orator, lawyer, and senator. He is considered one of antiquity's greatest historians.

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Native Name: Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Alternative Names: Gaius Cornelius Tacitus • P. Cornelius Tacitus • C. Cornelius Tacitus • Cornelius Tacitus • Publius Cornelius Tacitus Caecina Paetus

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Divisa inter exercitum ducesque munia: militibus cupidinem pugnandi convenire, duces providendo, consultando, cunctatione saepius quam temeritate prodesse. ut pro virili portione armis ac manu victoriam iuverit, ratione et consilio, propriis ducis artibus, profuturum.

Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abnuerit.

No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.

Translation: It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks. - Tacitus

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