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.
LIVYThe old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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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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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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 most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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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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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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