All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.


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Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
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Envy, like fire, soars upward. [Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.]
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Men's minds are too ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves. [Lat., Ingenia humana sunt ad sua...
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In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
TITUS LIVY
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity reminds men of religion. [Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.]
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Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Cons...
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In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiams...
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Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae pat...
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level. [Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire ...
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A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
TITUS LIVY
Experience is the teacher of fools. [Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
TITUS LIVY
The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel...
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As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what ...
TITUS LIVY
In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.
TITUS LIVY
Rashness is not fortunate
TITUS LIVY
The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something th...
TITUS LIVY
Superstition brings the gods into even the smallest matters
TITUS LIVY
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
TITUS LIVY
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
TITUS LIVY
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
TITUS LIVY
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves
TITUS LIVY
Adversity makes men remember God
TITUS LIVY
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished
TITUS LIVY
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
TITUS LIVY
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
TITUS LIVY