No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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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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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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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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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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