The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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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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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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