Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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 above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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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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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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