The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
LIVYMen are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
More Livy Quotes
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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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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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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