It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUSA bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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