No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
LIVYNever is work without reward, or reward without work.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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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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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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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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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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