Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
LIVYA fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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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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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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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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We 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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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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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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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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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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