Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
LIVYThose ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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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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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Woe to the conquered.
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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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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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