No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
LIVYThose ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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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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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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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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