Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
LIVYRome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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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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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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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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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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