Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
LIVYWar is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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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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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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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.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Woe to the conquered.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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