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.
LIVYA gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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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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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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