Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
LIVYSuch 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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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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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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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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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From abundance springs safety.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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