There are laws for peace as well as war.
LIVYWe feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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From abundance springs safety.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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