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Things forbidden have a secret charm.

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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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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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