Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
LIVYToil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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