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.
LIVYNothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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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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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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