The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
LIVYWoe to the conquered.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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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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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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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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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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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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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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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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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