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It is part of human nature to hate the man you have hurt. — Tacitus

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It is part of human nature to hate the man you have hurt.

In the original Latin

Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris.

Tacitus
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Topic
Hurting othersHateHuman nature
Statement type
Paradox
Genre
Biography
Time
56Classical antiquity
Person
Tacitus
Provenance
Current citation
Tacitus. "Agricola." Agricola and Germany, translated by Anthony Birley. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Original citation
Tacitus. Agricola. c. 98.

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