Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
LIVYIt is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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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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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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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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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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