Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVYMen’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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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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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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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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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.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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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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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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