Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
LIVYFriendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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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.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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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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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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From abundance springs safety.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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