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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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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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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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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