Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVYWe can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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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.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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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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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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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