We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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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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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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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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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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