Prosperity engenders sloth.
LIVYFame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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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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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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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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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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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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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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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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