Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
LIVYThe study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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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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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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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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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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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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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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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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Woe to the conquered.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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