Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVYHe 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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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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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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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