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.
TACITUSPeople flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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