Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
LIVYFame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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 is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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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 nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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