Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
LIVYResistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Woe to the conquered.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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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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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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