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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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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Inspirational Last Necessary Strong Weapon
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Law One Liner Quite Right
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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Better God Hands Hope Peace Power Safety Victory
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Best Garden Government Rule Talk
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Bond Dangerous Hate Man Strong
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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Difficult Easy Fortune Greatness Leaving Moments
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Beginning Greatness Growth Humble Transformation
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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Law Limitation Strong Weakness

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

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