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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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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