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.
LIVYThere is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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