It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVYTruth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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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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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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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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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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