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.
LIVYWe 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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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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It 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 old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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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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