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.
LIVYWar is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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