Temerity is not always successful.
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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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Woe to the conquered.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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