Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVYTruth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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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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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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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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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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