In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.


Livy

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In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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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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A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
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Experience is the teacher of fools. [Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
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Adversity makes men remember God
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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