There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
LIVYAdversity makes men remember God.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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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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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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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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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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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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