It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
TACITUSLegions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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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 desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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