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.
LIVYWe can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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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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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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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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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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