Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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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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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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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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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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