Adversity reminds men of religion.
LIVYThere is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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