The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
LIVYAdversity reminds men of religion.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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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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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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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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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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