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.
LIVYFame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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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 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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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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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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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