War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
LIVYWe can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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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 less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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