Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVYA gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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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 are laws for peace as well as war.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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