There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
LIVYThe name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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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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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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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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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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