Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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