All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
LIVYIt is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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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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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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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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