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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they ha

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom. – Titus Livius

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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. – Titus Livius

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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. – Titus Livius

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How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every should is a compulsion, and not every like is a high morality and true freedom. – Karl Rahner

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