No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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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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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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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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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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