Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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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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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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