I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
LIVYWar 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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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