It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
TACITUSKindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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