No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
LIVYAn honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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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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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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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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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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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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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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