Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
LIVYMen are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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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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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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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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