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Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
