Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
LIVYThe result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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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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