That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
LIVYLaw 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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Woe to the conquered.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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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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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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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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