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.
LIVYDignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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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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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Woe to the conquered.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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