Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
LIVYIn difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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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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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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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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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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 is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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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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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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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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