A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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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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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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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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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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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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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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