Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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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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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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