Livy on honor
Livy104 quotes“The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.”
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
LivyLivy Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
LivyLivy He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
LivyLivy Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
LivyLivy Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
LivyLivy There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LivyLivy Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
LivyLivy Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
LivyLivy Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
LivyLivy Adversity reminds men of religion.
LivyLivy It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LivyLivy We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
LivyLivy The sun has not yet set for all time.
LivyLivy A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
LivyLivy No law is quite appropriate for all.
LivyLivy No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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