An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
LIVYDignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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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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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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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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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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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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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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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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