This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
LIVYThe result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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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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Woe to the conquered.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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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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