Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
LIVYMany things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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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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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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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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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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