No law is quite appropriate for all.
LIVYMen are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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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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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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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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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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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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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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