No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
LIVYThere is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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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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