Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
LIVYAvarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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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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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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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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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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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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From abundance springs safety.
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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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