Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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