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.
LIVYThe result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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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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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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