An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
LIVYMen are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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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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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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