Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
TACITUSThose in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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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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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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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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Rumor is not always wrong
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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