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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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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 mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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