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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. (Livy)
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own. View quote
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. View quote
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Envy like fire always makes for the highest points. View quote
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment. View quote
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war. View quote
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed. View quote
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It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. View quote
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Greater is our terror of the unknown. View quote
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Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. View quote
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We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them. (Livy)
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them. View quote
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. View quote
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I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them. View quote
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Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man. View quote
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour. View quote
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Woe to the conquered. View quote
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The best known evil is the most tolerable. View quote
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives. View quote
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Passions are generally roused from great conflict. View quote
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it. (Livy)
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled. View quote
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods. View quote
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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. View quote
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money. View quote
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