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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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