Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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