Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
LIVYAdversity makes men remember God.
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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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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.
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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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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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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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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Woe to the conquered.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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