It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
TACITUSWe extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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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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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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