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.
TACITUS[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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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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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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