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Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
He's no failure. He's not dead yet.
He's no failure. He's not dead yet.
Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.
Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to read more
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have read more
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to read more
Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.
Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more
Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
Behold, on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.
Behold, on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.