He will have true glory who despises it.
LIVYAvarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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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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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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