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C.N. Douglas, comp.  Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical.  1917.
 
Vacillation
 
  The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.
Dr. Johnson.    
  1
  Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.
Bible.    
  2
  The fickle populace have no fixed principles.
Claudianus.    
  3
  Vacillation is the prominent feature of weakness of character.
Voltaire.    
  4
  He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
Shakespeare.    
  5
  It is as common for men to change their taste as it is uncommon for them to change their inclination.
La Rochefoucauld.    
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