Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
LIVYThis 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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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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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From abundance springs safety.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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