Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
LIVYA fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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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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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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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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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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No 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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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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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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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