War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
LIVYLaw 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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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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