It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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