A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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