The sun has not yet set for all time.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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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 real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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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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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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