Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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