So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
TACITUSMen are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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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.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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