It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LIVYThe result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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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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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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