The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
LIVYA fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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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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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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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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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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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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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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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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Woe to the conquered.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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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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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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