#gr

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#carnage #first #first world #first world war #forget

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. ↗

— Tacitus

#angry #any #anyone #apt #cause

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it. ↗

— Tacitus

#away #deserved #die #gradually #irritated

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. ↗

— Tacitus

#end #entered #enterprises #first #great

Greater things are believed of those who are absent. ↗

— Tacitus

#believed #greater #things #those #who

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement. ↗

— Tacitus

#never #substantial #unite #vanquished #victor

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#any #anyone #credit #done #failure

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#better things #developing #evils #new #progress

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#dark #great #great silence #great truth #sea

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#hand #keep #kills #safe #tries