So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
TACITUSIt is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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