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.
LIVYThis was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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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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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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