The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
LIVYIt takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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