Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.
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The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.
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The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
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Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.
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I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
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The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.
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