That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
LIVYBetter 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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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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