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.
LIVYNecessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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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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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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Adversity makes men remember God.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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