There are laws for peace as well as war.
LIVYAll things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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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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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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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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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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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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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Better 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 less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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