He will have true glory who despises it.
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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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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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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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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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 an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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