Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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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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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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