Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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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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