From abundance springs safety.
LIVYEnvy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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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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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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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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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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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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