Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
LIVYNo one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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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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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.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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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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