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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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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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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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