From abundance springs safety.
LIVYTruth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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