Greater is our terror of the unknown.
LIVYThat business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
More Livy Quotes
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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