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

Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris.

Tacitus

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Hurting others Hate Human nature

Author

Tacitus

Source

Agricola

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

Europe

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Original Citation

Tacitus. Agricola. c. 98.

Current Citation

Tacitus. "Agricola." Agricola and Germany, translated by Anthony Birley. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

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Song of Myself

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Contradiction Inconsistency Human nature

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Walt Whitman
Source
Song of Myself Leaves of Grass
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
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Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 51.

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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Apostle Paul

Romans 6:23

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Sin Salvation Eternal life

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Apostle Paul
Source
Romans The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
56 50s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 6:23).

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A liar should have a good memory.

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Quintilian
Source
Institutio Oratoria
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
95 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 4, ch. 1, sect. 91.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Under certain circumstances, one nowhere feels as lonely and lost as in the metropolitan crowd.

Georg Simmel

The Metropolis and Mental Life

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Loneliness

Author

Georg Simmel
Source
The Metropolis and Mental Life
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1903 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Simmel, Georg. "Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben [The Metropolis and Mental Life]." The First German Municipal Exposition. 1903, Dresden, Germany.

Current Citation

Simmel, Georg. "The Metropolis and Mental Life." Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969.