There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LIVYThere is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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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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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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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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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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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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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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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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