[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
TACITUSThere are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Benefits 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.
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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