Rumor is not always wrong
TACITUSBenefits 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.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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