Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Woe to the conquered.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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From abundance springs safety.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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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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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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