The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
LIVYTruth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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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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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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