It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
TACITUSKindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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