Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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