There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LIVYThe old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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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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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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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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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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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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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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