I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
LIVYIt is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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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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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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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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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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