Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
LIVYThere is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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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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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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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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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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