 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - Maxims - 1791 - 172 pages
...who, ' in declining the fight of his creditor, tacitly wilhetli 4 him there where he might never fee him more. * For benefits oblige, and obligation is...unrequitable obligation: perpetual thraldom; which *. is hateful' Leviathan, p. 48. / Civility is a deflre to receive civility, :And to be accounted well-bred.... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus, Arthur Murphy - Rome - 1811 - 518 pages
...i. cap. 1. Hobbes, the philosopher of Malmsbury, seems to have had his eye on Tacitus, when he says, "Benefits oblige, and obligation is thraldom; and...unrequitable obligation perpetual thraldom, which is hateful." Leviath. p. 48. (c) See Suetonius in Domit. s. 1. Section IV. (a) Mucianus assumed a character... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - Rome - 1813 - 444 pages
...cap. 1 . Hobbes, the philosopher of Malmsbury, seems to have had his eye on Tacitus, when he says, " Benefits oblige, and obligation is thraldom; and unrequitable obligation perpetual thraldom, which is hateful." Leviath. p. 48. (c) See Suetonius, in Domit. s. 1 . SECTION IV. (a) Mucianus assumed a character... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 614 pages
...ourselves equal greater benefits than there is hope to requite, disposeth to counterfeit love, but really secret hatred, and puts a man into the estate of a...perpetual thraldom, which is, to one's equal, hateful. But to have received benefits from one whom we acknowledge far superior, inclines to love, because... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 322 pages
...purpos'e. Hobbes, the philosopher of Malmsbury, seems to Ir.ive had his eye on Tacitus when he says : - Benefits oblige, and obligation is thraldom : and...unrequitable obligation perpetual thraldom, which is hateful;- Leviath. p. 48. I For Lucilius Bassus, see Hist. ii. 100 ; iii. 12. all the honors which... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus, Arthur Murphy - Rome - 1836 - 772 pages
...ЫоЬЬев the philosopher of Malrasbury, веетв to have had his eye on Tacitus, when he saye, " Benefits oblige, and obligation is thraldom ; and unrequitable obligation perpetual thraldom, which i> hateful." Leviath. p. 48. 2 See Suetonius in Domit. fl. 1. 3 Mucianus assumed a character above... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...estate of a desperate debtor, that in declining the sight of his creditor, tacitly wishes him there, where he might never see him more. For benefits oblige,...perpetual thraldom ; which is to one's equal, hateful. But to have received benefits from one, whom we acknowledge for superior, inclines to love ; because... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...estate of a desperate debtor, that in declining the sight of his creditor, tacitly wishes him there, where he might never see him more. For benefits oblige,...perpetual thraldom ; which is to one's equal, hateful. But to have received benefits from one, whom we acknowledge for superior, inclines to love ; because... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Literature, Modern - 1854 - 620 pages
...dead, to these ascribing more than due that they may obscure the glory of the other." Thus, also, " to have received from one to whom we think ourselves...of truth, they have at least the fault of those of Rochefoucault ; they are made too generally characteristic of mankind. 146. Ignorance of the signification... | |
 | International law - 1854 - 492 pages
...estate of a desperate debtor, that in declining the right of his creditor, tacitly wishes him there, where he might never see him more. For benefits oblige,...; and unrequitable obligation perpetual thraldom. But to have received benefits from one whom we acknowledge far superior inclines to love ; because... | |
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To have received from one to whom we think ourselves equal greater benefits than there is hope to requite disposeth to counterfeit love, but really secret hatred; and puts a man into the estate of a desperate debtor that, in declining the sight of his... 
