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.
LIVYLuck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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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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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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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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Temerity is not always successful.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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