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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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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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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 not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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