Adversity makes men remember God.
LIVYAdversity makes men remember God.
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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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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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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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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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