An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
LIVYThe 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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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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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