A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
LIVYBad beginnings, bad endings.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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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.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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