Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
LIVYFame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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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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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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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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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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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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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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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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