War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
LIVYSuch 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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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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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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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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 gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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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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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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Woe to the conquered.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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