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.
LIVYNo crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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From abundance springs safety.
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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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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Woe to the conquered.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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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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We 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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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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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