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.
LIVYAll things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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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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