Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
LIVYThere is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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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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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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The 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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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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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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Temerity is not always successful.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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