There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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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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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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