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.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
More Tacitus Quotes
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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