Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
LIVYNo crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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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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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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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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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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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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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.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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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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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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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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