Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVYFriends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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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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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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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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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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