Necessity makes even the timid brave.
SALLUST
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Defense
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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