It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
TACITUSGreater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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