The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
LIVYNo law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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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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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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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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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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