The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
LIVYNothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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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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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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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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From abundance springs safety.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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