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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. - [Oppression] A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin. - [Proverbs] A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety. - [Proverbs] Adversity deprives us of our judgment. - [Proverbs] All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent. - [Antiquity] Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence. - [Proverbs] By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority. - [Proverbs] Common report is not always wrong. - [Proverbs] Conspicuous by his absence. - [Absence] Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay. - [Crime] Crimes succeed by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay. - [Despatch] Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty. - [Falsehood] Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat. - [Proverbs] Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility. - [Flattery] It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion. - [Proverbs] It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown. - [Appreciation] It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead. - [Proverbs] It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it motion to excite it, and it brightens as it burns. - [Eloquence] Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable. - [Proverbs] Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals. - [Liberty] Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth. - [Calumny] None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted. - [Proverbs] Not because of any extraordinary talents did he succeed, but because he had a capacity on a level for business and not above it. - [Business] One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech. - [Proverbs] People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity. - [Flattery] Displaying page 1 of 5 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5
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