Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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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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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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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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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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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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Adversity makes men remember God.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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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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