No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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