Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
LIVYThere are laws for peace as well as war.
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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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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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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 mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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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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