Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
LIVYGreater is our terror of the unknown.
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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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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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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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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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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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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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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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