“It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.”
Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris.
Source: Agricola (98), Chapter 42; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“This is the worst trait of minds rendered arrogant by prosperity, they hate those whom they have injured.”
De Ira (On Anger): Book 2, cap. 33, line 6
Alternate translation: Men whose spirit has grown arrogant from the great favour of fortune have this most serious fault – those whom they have injured they also hate. (translation by John W. Basore)
Alternate translation: Whom they have injured they also hate. (translator unknown).
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