We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
LIVYAdversity makes men remember God.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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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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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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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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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.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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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.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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