Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful. Auteur: Tacitus Copy Quote More from Tacitus “Greater things are believed of those who are absent.” “Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a bu…” “So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whate…” “fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad despe…”