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Temerity is not always successful.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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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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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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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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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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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.
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We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Biography

Type: Historian
Nationality: Roman
Born: 59 BC
Died: 17

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