The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
LIVYThe result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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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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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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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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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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