No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
LIVYThere is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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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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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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