The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
TACITUSIt belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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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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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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