There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
LIVYIn difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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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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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Woe to the conquered.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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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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