No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
LIVYTreachery, 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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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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