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Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
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.]
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
