Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
LIVYAll things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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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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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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