Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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