Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
LIVYThose ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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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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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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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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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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