Adversity reminds men of religion.
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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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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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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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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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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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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