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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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