Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
LIVYThe sun has not yet set for all time.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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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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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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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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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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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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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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