Greater is our terror of the unknown.
LIVYFriendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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