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.
TACITUSIt is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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