Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
LIVYWoe to the conquered.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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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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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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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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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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