The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
LIVYNo one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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From abundance springs safety.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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