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vigilance

is not to be overdone --- when eternal, it leads to permanent insomnia.

Eternal vigilance leads to permanent insomnia.

is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

is not to be overdone --- when eternal, comes at the price of liberty.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

is less effective with time -- a bow long bent grows weak.

is not to be relaxed when the enemy is defeated --- remove the claws of even a boiled crab.

is impossible to keep up ceaselessly --- Not even Apollo keeps his bow always at full stretch.

Not even Apollo keeps his bow always at full stretch.

is most needed after a near-miss --- one is most in danger of being run over when one has just avoided a carriage.

One is most in danger of being run over when one has just avoided a carriage.

is not to be overdone --- a bow long bent at last waxeth weak.