Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVYNo 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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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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