Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVYMen’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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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