From abundance springs safety.
LIVYThere is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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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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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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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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 is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Woe to the conquered.
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