Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
LIVYA fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
More Livy Quotes
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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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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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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