All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
TACITUSConspicuous by his absence.
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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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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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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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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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