There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
LIVYEnvy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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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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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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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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