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.
LIVYNo law is quite appropriate for all.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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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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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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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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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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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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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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He will have true glory who despises it.
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