Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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