Tacitus
Tacitus
PubliusCornelius Tacituswas a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to the years of the First Jewish–Roman War in AD 70. There are substantial lacunae in the surviving texts,...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionHistorian
hate disposition humans
It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
traitor hated
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
hate men mind
It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
hate hatred violent
The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
hate persistence compassion
The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their persistence to their depravity. Jews are extremely loyal to one another, always ready to show compassion, but towards every other people they feel only hate and enimity. As a race (the Jews are not a race, because they have mingled with the other races to the point that they are only a people, not a race), they are prone to lust; among themselves nothing is unlawful.
hate hatred humans
It is human to hate those whom we have injured.
hate power inheritance
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
hate power next
Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
hate anger politics
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
hate human nature weakness whom
It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged.
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It is human nature to hate those whom you have injured
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The hatred of those who are near to us is the most violent
bear last learned love men
Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
human nature whom
It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.