All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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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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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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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 one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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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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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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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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