Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVYIn difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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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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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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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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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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