Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
TACITUSPerdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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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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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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