That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
LIVYNo one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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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 only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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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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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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From abundance springs safety.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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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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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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