There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
LIVYResistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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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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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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