That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
LIVYWar is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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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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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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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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