Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSThe powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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