The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
LIVYThe name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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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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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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