It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
TACITUSThe powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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