Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus - In times of tumult and discord bad men have the most power mental
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Cornelius Tacitus - No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable. Cornelius Tacitus
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