It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVYThe most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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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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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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 less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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