It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
LIVYValor is the soldier’s adornment.
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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 adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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From abundance springs safety.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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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