Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
LIVYThere is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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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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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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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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He will have true glory who despises it.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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