Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
LIVYThe less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Woe to the conquered.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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