The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
LIVYTruth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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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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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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