[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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